Goniolhalamus.] vi. anonace^. 69 



bright rose pink. Sepals ovate-elliptic obtuse, '6 in. long, puberu- 

 lous. Petals, outer ones elliptic-oblong or ovate obtuse or sub- 

 acute with a broad thick claw, i'65 to 2 in. long, inner^ones con- 

 nate, "6 in. long, obovate, claw narrow. Stamens yellow, numerous, 

 appendages conic. Ovaries narrow; style cylindric, puberulous; 

 stigma bilobed, white. Carpels globular green, an inch through; 

 stalks 2 to 3 in. long, forming a head of fruit as big as a cricket 

 ball. Hab. Rocky Woods, Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca. 

 Bindings. Perak, Chanderiang ; Gunong Bubu (Kunstler) ; Batu 

 Kurau (Curtis). Native name : Banitan. 



The mass of flowers at the base of the tree is often very large and is 

 usually covered with earth by the ants, which abound in and on the flowers, 

 and probably pollinate them. I am quite unable to separate G. Prainianus 

 King, which seems to be based on the young flowers only. 



(14) G. uvarioides King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 78; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 100, pi. 143. 



A shrub 6 to 15 ft. tall, glabrous except flower and fruit. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong slightly obovate, narrowed towards the 

 rounded base ; nerves 22 to 25, rather horizontal, inarching near 

 the margin ; 10 to 15 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide ; petioles "4 in. long. 

 Flowers near the base of the stem, on stout pedicels '35 in. long. 

 Sepals small coriaceous pubescent semi-orbicular, "2 in. long. 

 Petals very coriaceous, yellow, outer ones lanceolate pubescent, 

 1*5 in. long, inner ones similar, i to 1-2 in. long. Appendages 

 conic. Ovaries hairy. Carpels oblong acute at each end puberulous, 

 1*5 in. long, '65 in. through; stalks 7 in. long. Seeds 4, com- 

 pressed, rugose, "5 in. long. Hab. Very little known, based on 

 fruiting specimens from the Ulu Slim and Ulu Bubong in Perak 

 and a Borneo specimen in flower. A fruiting plant I found in 

 Chaning Woods, Kelantan, appears to be this species. 



18. OROPHEA, Bl. 



Trees of medium size or shrubs. Flowers usually small, axillary 

 fascicled or cymose, white or pink. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, 

 valvate, outer three ovate, inner three clawed and spathulate and 

 cohering at their edges into a conic cap, occasionally oblong 

 approximate in the middle and diverging at the tips. Stamens 

 definite, 6 to 12, ovoid, fleshy ; anther-cells dorsal, large, appendages 

 conic. Staminodes o or 3 to 6. Ovaries 3 to 15 ; style short or o. 

 Ovules 4. Carpels i- or more-seeded, globular, oblong or elongate, 

 jointed. Species about 25, tropical Asia. 



Inner petals vaulted. 



Stamens 12; stem hairy; carpels globose . . (i) 0. setosa 

 Stamens 6. 



Stem hairy; carpels globose . . . • (2) O. hirsuta 

 Stem glabrous ; carpels elongate, jointed . . (3) 0. enterocarpa 

 Stem red-velvety; flowers large; carpels elon- 

 gate, jointed . . . . . . (4) 0. maculata 



